Understanding Attorneys’ Implicit Bias: A Practical Toolkit to Mitigate Harm

Understanding Attorneys’ Implicit Bias: A Practical Toolkit to Mitigate Harm

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Understanding Attorneys’ Implicit Bias: A Practical Toolkit to Mitigate Harm
About the Program

All humans have implicit bias; it’s part of how we developed as a species to understand the world and protect ourselves. Looking at the reasons why implicit bias forms, executive coach and attorney Karen Morris will discuss how operating subject to our implicit biases can harm us and our colleagues.

This program will examine why implicit bias diminish attorneys effectiveness in the courtroom and undermine confidence in the legal profession. Participants will leave this program with practical tools to shift their perspectives and help eliminate the harmful effects of implicit bias.

Speaker(s)
Karen Morris

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Suizzo Morris Group, LLC

Karen Morris is President and founder of Suizzo Morris Group, LLC, specializing in executive leadership, career, and transition coaching for individuals and organizations. Focusing on the “whole person,” Karen coaches in 1:1 and group settings, helping her clients find purpose, gain perspective, resilience, and strength, live with agency and intent, enrich their relationships, positively impact their organizations, their families, and their communities, live with peace and achieve their goals.

During her 30+ year corporate career, Karen held executive roles in Legal, Strategy, Product Management, Marketing, Communications and Regulatory Relations. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel for USAA P&C Group.

Karen is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), certified through the Hudson Institute of Coaching, with advanced training in the Neuroscience of Change and Internal Family Systems. She holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.

Karen is a champion of advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a focus on the legal community, including serving as President of the National Association of Women Lawyers 2020-21.

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Accreditation
Credit Hours:
1.00
Specialty Area:
None
Credit Type:
Implicit Bias
Original Air Date:
April 29, 2026
Accredited in:
California
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